BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.7//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8713@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240521T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240521T190000 DTSTAMP:20240426T150244Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/quaker-meeting-house-wowfest-pea ce-for-palestine/ SUMMARY:Quakers Meeting House: Quaker Meeting House: WowFest: Peace for Pal estine DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\nPEACE FOR PALESTINE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWriters\, arti sts and creative practitioners from across the world have long supported t he Palestinian struggle for freedom\, justice and equality. In various way s\, our featured writers\, bestselling author\, Kamila Shamsie\, Basma Gh alayini\, Editor of Palestine+100 and celebrated performance poet Amina Atiq\, have been personally impacted by the ongoing repression of the Pa lestinian people and the trauma inflicted upon them over many years of occ upation.  \n\nThe brutal murder of 1200 Israeli citizens by Hamas last O ctober was shocking\, provoking an expected response by the Israeli state. But the death of tens of thousands of Palestinians\, including an estimat ed 13\,450 children\, the destruction of Gaza\, and the devastation and di splacement of Palestinian lives is a collective punishment\, with many int ernationally now calling the Israel’s actions genocidal.  The forthcomi ng ground offensive by the Israeli Army on Rafa means the estimated 1.5 mi llion people\, more than half of Gaza’s population\, who are sheltering there\, face a horror of unimaginable proportions. World-wide protests a nd opposition to the Israeli invasion of Gaza are making a difference\; in ternational support for Israel’s actions is now crumbling. Now\, more th an ever\, voices of dissent are crucial and need to be amplified. \n\nPea ce for Palestine\, building on the ‘Arts for Peace – To Gaza With Love ’ walk WoW and the Lantern Company organised in December 2023\, in partn ership the Liverpool Arab Arts Festival\, Amina Atiq\, Liverpool Irish Fes tival\, Squash Liverpool\, Mandela 8\, First Take and Africa Oye\, celebra tes Palestinian voices – artists\, writers and poets.  \n\nIt is time for the people of the world to take a stand\, calling for a peaceful settl ement to bring an end to the current crisis. Together we must find and adv ocate for a solution that guarantees the human rights for all people in th e region. Join us as we consider the roles that we can all play to in dema nding peace for Palestine.  \n\n \n\nKamila Shamsie is the author of e ight novels\, which have been translated into over 30 languages. Best of Friends (2022) was shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards\; Home Fire (2 018) won the Women’s Prize for Fiction\, was long listed for the Man Boo ker Prize\, and shortlisted for the Costa Prize. A Vice-President of the R oyal Society of Literature and Professor of Creative Writing at the Univer sity of Manchester\, she was one of Granta’s ‘Best of Young British No velists’ in 2013. She grew up in Karachi\, and now lives in London.     \n\nBasma Ghalayini is an Arabic translator and interpreter and has p reviously translated short fiction for the KFW Stifflung series\, Beirut S hort Stories\, published on addastories.org\, as well as for Comma Press projects\, such as Banthology\, The Book of Cairo and The Book of Ramallah . She is series editor on all Comma Press’s Arabic titles\, and in 2021 was co-editor\, with Rasha Abdulhadi\, of Strange Horizon’s Special Pale stinian Edition. She edited the anthology Palestine+100 and has written fo r the New York Times. Basma was born and grew up in the Gaza strip. \n\nA mina Atiq is a published poet\, performance artist\, practitioner and awa rd-winning community activist\, and anti-racism advisor for Curious Minds &\; Liverpool Everyman &\; Playhouse Theatres. She was a BBC Words F irst Finalist and awarded Steve Biko Young Achievers\; she was featured in 100 Inspirational Women of Merseyside and Future List 2022 of Northern Wo man awards. She is poet in residence at University College of London &\ ; Norfolk Ponds Project\, working on the secret Life of Ponds and of Museu m of Colour\, These Things Matter Exhibition. She is also Artist fellow of Metal Culture\, producing a new upcoming creative campaign\, HijabSpeaks. In 2020 she produced a short documentary\, Unheard Voices\, capturing the stories of Yemeni shopkeepers. \n\nProceeds from this event will go to  Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP). \n\nVenue: Quaker House  \n\nDate and time: Tuesday 21st May\, 19:00 – 20:30  \n\nTickets: £5 \n\nL iverpool Quakers’ &\; customers will receive a 20% discount on parkin g at Q-Park Hanover Street by using the promocode QUAKERSLV when pre-booki ng through the website Q-Par \n\n*These are difficult times. We know som e people may struggle to afford full price tickets. If you would like to a ttend this event but can’t afford to\, please contact info@writingonthe wall.org.uk. All queries will be treated in confidence.   \n\nIf you would like to purchase a gifted ticket for someone who can’t afford it\ , please buy directly from the event page and we will offer your ticket ou t.    \n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT DETAILS\nDate: May 21\, 2024\nTime: 7:0 0 pm\n\n\n\n\n\n BUY TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2024/04/Writers-for-Palestine.png CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:Quakers Meeting House\, School Lane\, Liverpool\, L1 3BT\, Liverpo ol\, United Kingdom GEO:53.404542;-2.984173 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=School Lane\, Liverpool\, L 1 3BT\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Quakers Meet ing House:geo:53.404542,-2.984173 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR